District: 10
Federal Reserve Bank of: Kansas City

Filings received during the week ending November 12, 2005

First State Bank, N.M., Taos, New Mexico, to merge with Access Bank, Clovis, New Mexico, and Ranchers Banks, Belen, New Mexico, and incident thereto, to establish several branches.

Newspaper:

Not available

Federal Register:

Not applicable

FIRST STATE BANK N.M.

* Branch

First State Bank, N.M., Taos, New Mexico, to establish a branch at 5225 N. Academy, Suite 100, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Newspaper:

11/18/2005

Federal Register:

Not applicable

FIRSTIER II BANCORP.

3A1

FirsTier II Bancorp, Cheyenne, Wyoming, to become a bank holding company through the reorganization of 100 percent of the voting shares of FirsTier Bank, Nebraska, Kimball, Nebraska.

Newspaper:

Not applicable

Federal Register:

Not applicable

FIRSTIER III BANCORP.

3A1

FirsTier III Bancorp, Broomfield, Colorado, to become a bank holding company through the reorganization of 100 percent of the voting shares of FirsTier Bank, Colorado, Louisville, Colorado.

Newspaper:

Not applicable

Federal Register:

Not applicable

SELKO BANCO, INC.

CIC

Notification by Scott Neil Selko, Mead, Nebraska, to acquire control of Selko Banco, Inc., parent of Bank of Mead, both in Mead, Nebraska.

Newspaper:

11/30/2005

Federal Register:

12/01/2005

VIKING CORPORATION, THE

CIC

Notification by Clarkson D. Lauritzen, Omaha, Nebraska, to acquire control of The Viking Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, parent of Crawford County Trust and Savings Bank, Denison, Iowa; and Landmands National Bank, Audubon, Iowa.

Newspaper:

Not available

Federal Register:

11/22/2005

WELLS BANCSHARES, INC.

CIC

Notice by Robert J. Barmann, Jr., Platte City, Missouri; and James L. Baber, Weston, Missouri, as individuals; and Robert J. Barmann, Jr., Platte City, Missouri; James L. Baber, Weston, Missouri, and Robert M. McGinness, Platte City, Missouri; as a group acting in concert, to acquire control of Wells Bancshares, parent of Wells Bank of Platte City, both in Platte City, Missouri.

Newspaper:

11/28/2005

Federal Register:

11/29/2005

WESTERN STATE BANCSHARES, INC.

* 3A1

Western State Bancshares, Waterloo, Nebraska, to become a bank holding company through the acquisition of up to 100 percent of the voting shares of Western State Bank, Waterloo, Nebraska.

Newspaper:

10/29/2005

Federal Register:

12/08/2005

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA: